lilium pensylvanicum/obesity

A phytochemical preparation known as "Slimax" was administered orally to human volunteers for a six week period, using a double-blind experimental method. This preparation is an aqueous extract of the Chinese medicinal plants Hordeum vulgare , Polygonatum multiflorum , Dimocarpus longan , Ligusticum

The hepatoprotective activities of two different extracts, a hydroethanolic crude bulb extract (CB) and a steroidal glycoside-rich 1-butanol extract (BuOH), prepared from the bulbs of Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum Thunb.), were evaluated in a 24 week study in the female KK.Cg-A(y)/J Type 2

LTR-retrotransposons are ubiquitous and highly abundant in plant genomes. Moreover, LTR-retrotransposons can often cause genome obesity in plants. Although Lilium species have been known carrying large genomes among flowering plants, reports on the LTR-retrotransposons in Lilium species are rather